PrologueGrowing up in Nova County, there wasn't much to spark imagination. Our society felt it wasn't important to record history or spread wise thought. Not to say that all folks held that opinion (our grand daddy sure didn't). He used to tell us kids imaginative stories about space heroes, highly advanced civilizations of apes, avians, and sentient mechanical beings. Some would save worlds at the brink of destruction; others would span the galaxy in search of adventure. We grew up to idolize these fictional characters. We wanted to be just like them: space explorers, heroes. He always told the best stories. We would all sit around his rocking chair watching him sip on his coffee and peek up from behind the Starbound Chronicle. He knew exactly what we wanted and was always sure to please. Right then and there he would whip up a story as if he had been there himself witnessing it all unfold. 'Bounty Hunters and Space Pirates in an inter-galactic space battle near a dying star that soon went supernova’; truly amazing stories. Yet, as we got older, that is all they became; just stories. I could never help but dream about having my own adventures like the ones grandfather used to tell us when we were kids. We all had that dream. I was the middle child, Sara was oldest, and out of the house. Even though she was the oldest she put me in charge of the family and really had no choice. She quickly picked up a job in herbal sciences. She always had a thing for plants. She wasn't too lucky however. The leader of the state kicked her out for learning. Once again, those 'gas bags' in office didn't take too kindly to broadening horizons, especially science and research. Even though she was sent into exile, she still says it was the best thing that had ever happened to her and the town. She currently works on an Apex Star Cruiser, stationed outside an Avian planet. As for the youngest of the family, that would be Sissi. She stays with me, since she has no one else to look after her. Our father died three years ago defending us from a band of wanna-be-pirates. Our mother died in a similar fashion. The people of Nova County may be 'gas bags' but they are not cowards. They will stand up and fight, no matter the cost. And myself, well I am tired of the same old story. It is time to write a new one. (end of prologue) If you liked what you have read so far, and want me to continue the series with adventure logs and what not, please like and or leave a reply to this post. I appreciate it and thanks for reading. - wow_gerald P.S I wasn't able to add indentations even if I tried adding spacing before, so sorry if it is "not proper format"
I think I'll go all in here. One vote, on like, and one comment (For now anyway. ). I can't speak for anyone else, but I would like to see this story explored further. You've crafted a prologue that managed to grab my attention and hold it throughout its entirety. Not only that, but the manner in which it's concluded leaves me wishing to know what will occur next. I enjoy where you're taking this and eagerly await more. As for indenting, you can find it in the second row of formatting tools, as the 11th button from the left (Taking into account the, "Bold," option.). If you plan on using it, I suggest previewing the end result (Found under, "More Options," at bottom right of a post-to-be.), as things can get very wonky, very fast. It can be a slight hassle to have everything turn out just the way you'd like, but it tends to be worth it, and if you find that it isn't, you can always keep doing what you're doing. It won't do the story much, if any, harm to be missing the indents. Cheers. ~Tetrys
Thank you! Very much appreciated! And I tried to use that indentation tool but it wants to indent the entire paragraph O___O instead of just that line.. which can be annoying
You are quite welcome. Aye, that's what I meant by things going wonky. So far, the only way around it that I've found is to use the preview function to approximate where a line of text would end, and then use the Enter key to separate it, and then go back to the first line and indent. It works insofar as giving you properly formatted paragraphs, but requires a large amount of trial and error. And then there's the fact that the amount of words any given line can support is dependent on the width of one's browser, so what might look great on your screen will look really weird on someone else's. Oh, the trials and tribulations of someone trying to render proper formatting on a forum. ;p ~Tetrys P.S. I thought I'd give it a go and demonstrate precisely what I'm referring to there. Fair warning, it might require theusage of quite a bit of nonsense in order to actually break multiple lines, so as to give a more wholesome example. Although, at this point, I've managed to reach what my browser considers to be multiple lines, so I suppose I'm not doing too terribly. Drat, I need a bit more. Hm. I have an idea. "It was a bright and, quite notably, non-stormy day...." There, that ought to do it. Edit: And there's the wonkiness I mentioned. New suggestion: Keep doing what you're doing.
